Posted in Save Our Rivers on Jun 24th, 2023
This book (available here) was written by a remarkable and courageous woman, Alexandra Morton of Echo Bay, British Columbia. It has 335 pages (not including notes), but it took me a long time to get through it. That’s because it contains several stories. Two of them are Morton’s personal history, and the picture she gives […]
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Posted in Save Our Rivers on Oct 20th, 2009
Buried on Page 2 of the Vancouver Province today, October 20, is a headline “Province halts major transmission system inquiry.” This means that, when you look behind the Campbell government’s never abating never ending fog about energy, this means that the BC Utilities Commission, the public’s watchdog will not carry on its independent investigation into […]
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Posted in Save Our Rivers on Sep 7th, 2009
Damien Gillis’ video out of Trondheim, Norway’s recent Aquaculture trade show demonstrates the problem we British Columbians have which simply stated is this – neither of the two major political parties give a fiddler’s fart for the west coast fishery. Fisheries and Oceans Minister Gail Shea simply doesn’t concern herself with our plight and I’ve […]
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Posted in Save Our Rivers on Aug 31st, 2009
There is a coming together of environmentalists unprecedented in my memory and much of the impetus will come from those opposed to fish farms and to the government rivers policy. This is a natural alliance since both deal with rights to water and healthiness of fish although the emphasis might be different from group to […]
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Posted in Save Our Rivers on Aug 24th, 2009
The summer has been a time for reflection for me as Official Spokesperson for Save Our Rivers Society. It was a tough election to lose and I think all involved on the losing side have had much to reflect upon. Now is the time to plan. It doesn’t take the brains of a Mensa to […]
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Posted in Save Our Rivers on Aug 11th, 2009
The rivers issue is going to put Gordon Campbell and his government inside a box where the sides unceasingly close in. It can’t help but do that as more and more British Columbians understand what has happened. Campbell was lucky as hell that in the last election the NDP were unable to make this their […]
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Posted in Save Our Rivers on Aug 7th, 2009
We at Save Our Rivers Society are girding up our loins for the continued battle to save our rivers from the capitalist predation being undertaken with all the help Campbell & Co can give. I’ve been asked given the Liberals won the last election giving them four more years to do as they wish, we […]
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Posted in Save Our Rivers, The Tyee on Aug 2nd, 2009
Those who have followed my checkered career will know of my intense dislike of the CanWest dailies in our town, The Vancouver (Seriously West Coast) Sun and The Province. They are simply lousy papers who play down stories contrary to the government’s interest or policy and save their criticisms until after an election is safely […]
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Posted in Save Our Rivers on Jul 26th, 2009
The Campbell government is a collection of dissemblers such that you can’t take anything they say seriously. The so-called “harmonized sales tax” is the latest example. And isn’t “harmonized” such a lovely warm and fuzzy word? In fact it is nothing more than a raising of the sales tax but to tell people that requires […]
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Posted in Save Our Rivers on Jul 21st, 2009
I have been given strong legal advice not to call someone a liar because that implies that he is an inveterate liar. Because of this I need your help dealing with the BC Finance Minister, the Honourable Colin Hansen. Just prior to the last election, Mr. Hansen did a short interview, on camera. Let me […]
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